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Uhh, yeah. They already plan to; it just won't be like you think.

From here you can read a transcript of a live interview given to Islam Online by Harun Yahya, which is the pen name used by Turkish intellectual Adnan Oktar. Born in Ankara in 1956, Oktar is a Muslim thinker whose writings have been shaping the religiopolitical opinion of many readers. He constantly keeps the cause of the Turkish-Islamic union on his agenda in his books and articles. He is also engaged in a major intellectual struggle aiming at uniting the Muslim World.

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ISLAMONLINE: Okay you’ve mentioned that Turkey is going to be the leader of this Islamic Union. My question is what makes Turkey eligible to this union and why not any other Islamic country?

ADNAN OKTAR: Leaders emerge naturally. It is the natural leader. No other Islamic country is currently asking for such a post, there is no appearance of that. Neither do they appear to have the strength to discharge it. But our source of information is of course the hadith. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear in Istanbul. The holy relics are in Istanbul. When we look at the hadith we see that the Turks will serve in regard to this matter, we see that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will emerge from among the Turks.

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ISLAMONLINE: Ok. In one of your articles you’ve mentioned that this Turkish-Islamic Union is the only possible salvation for the Palestinian –Israeli conflict. Could you please elaborate on this a little bit?

ADNAN OKTAR: That would be obvious even if I did not say it. It is something that cannot be resolved otherwise even if it goes on for hundreds of years. Because the flow within the system appears to be locked. This problem will be resolved only with Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) intervention and with the power of the Turkish-Islamic Union, and that is openly stated in the hadith.

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ISLAMONLINE: Regarding the issue of Turkey joining the European Union, what should convince the EU to approve Turkey’s membership?

ADNAN OKTAR: Turkey will not join the European Union. The European Union will join Turkey. In other words, it will be part of the Turkish-Islamic Union. Because the European Union is an increasingly collapsing and aging one, devoid of any energy. It has no economic power. This economic crisis in particular is a portent of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Europe’s back has been broken. The only thing Turkey may gain from joining the European Union will only may be concern restoring democracy. But it will gain nothing economically; on the contrary, due to their collapse, Turkey will save them from their swamp by forming the Turkish Islamic Union.

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